Chinese yam
Noun 1. hardy Chinese vine naturalized in United States and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers (synonym) cinnamon vine, Dioscorea batata (hypernym) yam, yam plant | ||||
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chinese yam
chinese yam
n : hardy chinese vine naturalized in united states and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers [syn: cinnamon vine, chinese yam, dioscorea batata]
chinese yam
n : hardy chinese vine naturalized in united states and cultivated as an ornamental climber for its glossy heart-shaped cinnamon-scented leaves and in the tropics for its edible tubers [syn: cinnamon vine, chinese yam, dioscorea batata]
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Dioscorea opposita
Dioscorea opposita (nagaimo, yamaimo, Chinese yam, Japanese mountain yam, Korean yam; syn. D. batatas, D. oppositifolia) is a type of yam (Dioscorea) that may be eaten raw.
It is known as either nagaimo (kanji: ; hiragana: ながいも) or yamaimo (kanji: ; hiragana: やまいも) in Japanese, depending on root shape. In Chinese it is known as huái shān (), shān yào (), or huái shān yào (). In Korea it is called ma (hangul: 마; hanja: ).
Dioscorea opposita is an exception to the rule that yams must be cooked before consumption (due to harmful substances in the raw state). In Japanese cuisine, it is eaten raw and grated, after only a relatively minimal preparation: the whole tubers are briefly soaked in a vinegar-water solution, to neutralize irritant oxalate crystals found in their skin. The raw vegetable is starchy and bland, mucilaginous when grated, and may be eaten plain as a side dish, or added to noodles.
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